Lisa Cheneyis an Australian
composer originating from Queensland, now based in Melbourne. Her
music has been performed by: The Southern Cross Soloists, The
Australian Voices, Plexus, The Sydney Antiphony, The Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra, The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ady
Ensemble, Belladiva, Ensemble Fabrique, The Melbourne
Metropolitan Sinfonietta, Syzygy and The Australian Ballet
amongst others. Having previously completed her undergraduate and
Masters degrees at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music (QCGU)
with Gerard Brophy and Dr. Gerardo Dirie, she is currently
completing her PhD in Composition at the University of Melbourne
with prominent composer Dr. Elliott Gyger. Cheney has also
received tutelage from composers: Dr. Stuart Greenbaum, William
Duckworth, Philip Bracanin, Iain Grandage, Robert Aldridge and
David Dzubay.

Lisa has written for a variety of mediums
including orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, ballet, theatre,
short film, animation and electronic tracks for live performance
collaborations. Her composition accolades include the Glen-Carter
Varney Award for Composition (2009), first places at the MTAQ
Gold Coast Composers' Competition and the ASME Young Composer's
Competition (2004-2010), the Bill Murray Encouragement Award for
Composition (2009), first prize at the Keys Festival for
Australian Music (2006), the Griffith University Owen Fletcher
Postgraduate Award (2008), an Australia-Korea Foundation
Scholarship (2011), The Silver Harris and Jeff Peck Composition
Prize (2014) and the Festival of Slow Music Quiddity Composition
Prize (2015). She has participated in the 2010 Atlantic Music
Festival (Maine, USA), the 2012 Australian Youth Orchestra
National Music Camp, the 2013 Brevard Music Centre Institute
(North Carolina, USA), the 2013 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Cybec 21st Century Composers' Program and the 2015 Tasmanian
Symphony Orchestra's Composers' School. Her work 'The Pool and
the Star' written as part of the Cybec Program, was most recently
selected by the MSO for performance at the Metropolis New Music
Festival under the baton of Finnish maestro Olli Mustonen.

As part of her Master of Music research, Lisa
has written papers exploring the experiences of other
early-career female composers in Australia, and runs social media
groups in support of her female colleagues worldwide. Cheney is
the Co-Director and Partner of 'Making Waves', a new online space
dedicated to the discovery and promotion of new Australian music
composers. She is also a tutor for Composition Studies and Music
Language at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne
University. In 2016 - 2017 she will have works performed by Gemma
Tomlinson, Melbourne Chamber Choir, Melbourne Conservatorium Wind
Symphony, Kupka's Piano, Syzygy, Australian Discovery Orchestra
and attend the 2016 New Music Workshop at the Yale Norfolk
Chamber Music Festival.

Lisa Cheney is available to consider commissions
and collaborations. Additional score requests and personal
contact can be made through e-mail (above).